Satisfaction with patient-doctor relationships in inflammatory bowel diseases: Examining patient-initiated change of specialist

Table 1 Clinical and disease characteristics of inflammatory bowel diseases patients who responded to survey (n = 162)

Patient variable	n (%)
Female sex	85 (52.5)
Crohn’s disease	95 (58.6)
Ulcerative colitis	65 (40.1)
Previous bowel resection surgery (ever)	50 (30.9)
Recent inpatient admission1	80 (49.4)
Active disease2	69 (42.6)
Current stoma	19 (11.7)
Current perianal disease	29 (18.0)
Current cigarette smoker	31 (19.1)
Documented history of psychological comorbidity	41 (25.3)
Currently unable to work due to illness	39 (24.1)
Proportion of lowest socioeconomic group3	16 (9.9)

¹Inpatient admission in period between January 1, 2007-April 31, 2008;

²as determined by physician global assessment at time of survey completion;

³according to Social Health atlas, Central Northern Adelaide Health Service, Department of Health, SA 2004.